Jack Russell Story

Story Name: Naming Our Jack Russell
From: Howard Jacobson

My Jack Russell Story:

On a cold wintry morning, my wife and I took
our two daughters, aged 8 and 4 (at that time)
to see a wonderful litter of home-raised Jack
Russell puppies, just six seeks old. Of the four
that were still available, we quickly narrowed
our decision to two, whose markings and attitude we really liked. We finally decided on
the one the breeder told us had the most laid-
back personality of the litter. She said he was really sweet. Her young daughter had named
him "BEAR", because he was the largest of
the litter.

We picked up our puppy two weeks later,
when he was eight weeks old. Coincidentally
it was Valentines Day, 1995. We thought the
name Bear was cute, but now he was OUR
dog, and we thought we would give him a
name of our own. His size and temperament
were anything but bear-like. We all floated
names around, but we just couldn't find any-
thing we all liked better than Bear.

Funnily, after we stopped trying to rename
Bear, all sorts of nicknames started popping up.
For a while he had several, including Mr.Bear,
The B-Guy and Son. We still call him by any
and all of these, but Son has a special place
in my heart. I often ask my daughters to walk
their brother, and when I tell Bear to go see his
sisters, he knows just what I mean.